It’s that time of the year when, at least outwardly, everyone seems to be happy, jovial and in the mood to celebrate. It’s Christmas, a time for sharing, a time of giving, a time of staying together, a time of being with loved ones....

Each and every year, Christmas is celebrated with early breakfasts, endless family meals and the giving of gifts. Most families spend hundreds of euros at this time of the year, ...

A short press statement by the HealthCare Trade Section of the Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise, issued on 4 December, did not receive too much media attention. ...

There we go again. As soon as you mention City Gate, or Renzo Piano, or Parliament, all the hobby horses come out and every one starts to adopt fundamentalist approaches: this or nothing. ...

Six months ago when Irish voters rejected the EU’s hard-fought Lisbon treaty in a controversial referendum, a thank you to Irish voters would, unless dished out with a healthy measure of sarcasm, have been in somewhat poor taste....

Judging by what small businesses have reported, it is clear that they have already started feeling the pinch of the financial crisis that has gripped the world in recent months. ...

It has been said over and over again that the financial crisis that has gripped the world will not be affecting Malta directly. Yet it would be puerile to believe that the ripple effects of such a situation will not adversely hit the Maltese economy...

Last Sunday’s activity in Zurrieq was the last in the series of public meetings called “New political season”, organised by the Labour Party to “introduce” its new leader Joseph Muscat to all its members and supporters in the different towns and villages....

Give the Maltese people something to eat, organise some form of entertainment, pray that it does not rain – and you are certain that they will turn up in big numbers....

The directives that Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt sent to the Water Services Corporation and Enemalta Corporation to bring them in line with a new national policy to regulate all type of intervention on the local road ...